The country’s strident “good vs. evil” style of national politics has become so toxic that it is sure to lead to violence on a large scale unless it embraces federalism, warns Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.
The continuous political war that holds out winner-take-all as the ultimate prize in a deeply divided nation has created “a sort of constitutional dirty bomb that threatens the foundations of our republic,” the conservative politician said to a warmly receptive Federalist Society convention audience on Thursday.
A constitutional scholar who was swept into office by the tea party in 2010, Lee said political rhetoric and rancor has reached such a fever pitch that it’s “driving our politics toward violence.